MLB playoffs

Major League Baseball Playoffs

2010 Postseason Baseball

All Times EDT

DIVISION SERIES

American League

Tampa Bay vs. Texas

Wednesday, Oct. 6

Texas 5, Tampa Bay 1

Thursday, Oct. 7

Texas 6, Tampa Bay 0

Saturday, Oct. 9

Tampa Bay 6, Texas 3

Sunday, Oct. 10

Tampa Bay 5, Texas 2

Tuesday, Oct. 12

Texas 5, Tampa Bay 1, Texas wins series 3-2

Minnesota vs. New York

Wednesday, Oct. 6

New York 6, Minnesota 4

Thursday, Oct. 7

New York 5, Minnesota 2

Saturday, Oct. 9

New York 6, Minnesota 1, New York wins series 3-0

National League

Philadelphia vs. Cincinnati

Wednesday, Oct. 6

Philadelphia 4, Cincinnati 0

Friday, Oct. 8

Philadelphia 7, Cincinnati 4

Sunday, Oct. 10

Philadelphia 2, Cincinnati 0, Philadelphia wins series 3-0

San Francisco vs. Atlanta

Thursday, Oct. 7

San Francisco 1, Atlanta 0

Friday, Oct. 8

Atlanta 5, San Francisco 4, 11 innings

Sunday, Oct. 10

San Francisco 3, Atlanta 2

Monday, Oct. 11

San Francisco 3, Atlanta 2, San Francisco wins series 3-1

LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

American League

Friday, Oct. 15

New York (Sabathia 21-7) at Texas, 8:07 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 16

New York (Pettitte 11-3 or Hughes 18-8) at Texas, 4:07 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 18

Texas at New York (Hughes 18-8 or Pettitte 11-3), 8:07 p.m

Tuesday, Oct. 19

Texas at New York (Burnett 10-15), 8:07 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 20

Texas at New York, 4:07 p.m., if necessary

Friday, Oct. 22

New York at Texas, 8:07 p.m., if necessary

Saturday, Oct. 23

New York at Texas, 8:07 p.m., if necessary

National League

Saturday, Oct. 16

San Francisco (Lincecum 16-10) at Philadelphia (Halladay 21-10), 7:57 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 17

San Francisco (Cain 13-11) at Philadelphia (Oswalt 13-13), 8:19 p.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 19

Philadelphia (Hamels 12-11) at San Francisco (Sanchez 13-9), 4:19 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 20

Philadelphia at San Francisco, 7:57 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 21

Philadelphia at San Francisco, 7:57 p.m., if necessary

Saturday, Oct. 23

San Francisco at Philadelphia, 3:57 p.m. or 7:57 p.m., if necessary

Sunday, Oct. 24

San Francisco at Philadelphia, 7:57 p.m., if necessary

WORLD SERIES

Wednesday, Oct. 27

American League at National League, 7:57 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 28

AL at NL, 7:57 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 30

NL at AL, 6:57 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 31

NL at AL, 8:20 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 1

NL at AL, if necessary, 7:57 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 3

AL at NL, if necessary, 7:57 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 4

AL at NL, if necessary, 7:57 p.m.

Postseason wins

Postseason Wins

Through Oct. 12

(x-active)

x-Andy Pettitte, N.Y. Yankees-Houston, 19-9 (7-3 DS; 7-2 LCS; 5-4 WS).

John Smoltz, Atlanta Braves, 15-4 (7-0 NLDS; 6-2 NLCS; 2-2 WS).

Tom Glavine, Atlanta Braves-N.Y. Mets, 14-16 (4-3 NLDS; 6-10 NLCS; 4-3 WS).

Roger Clemens, Boston-N.Y. Yankees-Houston, 12-8 (4-4 DS; 5-4 LCS; 3-0 WS).

Curt Schilling, Philadelphia-Arizona-Boston, 11-2 (4-0 DS; 3-1 LCS; 4-1 WS).

Greg Maddux, Chicago Cubs-Atlanta Braves-L.A. Dodgers, 11-14 (5-3 NLDS; 4-8 NLCS; 2-3 WS).

David Wells, Toronto-Cincinnati-Baltimore-N.Y. Yankees-Boston-San Diego 10-5 (5-3 DS; 4-1 ALCS; 1-1 WS).

Dave Stewart, L.A. Dodgers-Oakland-Toronto, 10-6 (0-2 DS; 8-0 ALCS; 2-4 WS).

Whitey Ford, N.Y. Yankees, 10-8 (WS).

Orlando Hernandez, N.Y. Yankees-Chicago White Sox, 9-3 (3-1 ALDS, 4-1 ALCS, 2-1 WS).

Catfish Hunter, Oakland-N.Y. Yankees, 9-6 (4-3 ALCS, 5-3 WS).

NFL standings

National Football League

All Times EDT

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

East

W L T Pct PF PA

N.Y. Jets 4 1 0 .800 135 81

New England 3 1 0 .750 131 96

Miami 2 2 0 .500 66 92

Buffalo 0 5 0 .000 87 161

South

W L T Pct PF PA

Houston 3 2 0 .600 118 136

Jacksonville 3 2 0 .600 107 137

Tennessee 3 2 0 .600 132 95

Indianapolis 3 2 0 .600 136 101

North

W L T Pct PF PA

Baltimore 4 1 0 .800 92 72

Pittsburgh 3 1 0 .750 86 50

Cincinnati 2 3 0 .400 100 102

Cleveland 1 4 0 .200 78 97

West

W L T Pct PF PA

Kansas City 3 1 0 .750 77 57

Oakland 2 3 0 .400 111 134

Denver 2 3 0 .400 104 116

San Diego 2 3 0 .400 140 106

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

East

W L T Pct PF PA

Washington 3 2 0 .600 89 92

N.Y. Giants 3 2 0 .600 106 98

Philadelphia 3 2 0 .600 122 103

Dallas 1 3 0 .250 81 87

South

W L T Pct PF PA

Atlanta 4 1 0 .800 113 70

Tampa Bay 3 1 0 .750 74 80

New Orleans 3 2 0 .600 99 102

Carolina 0 5 0 .000 52 110

North

W L T Pct PF PA

Chicago 4 1 0 .800 92 74

Green Bay 3 2 0 .600 119 89

Minnesota 1 3 0 .250 63 67

Detroit 1 4 0 .200 126 112

West

W L T Pct PF PA

Arizona 3 2 0 .600 88 138

Seattle 2 2 0 .500 75 77

St. Louis 2 3 0 .400 83 96

San Francisco 0 5 0 .000 76 130

Sunday, Oct. 10

Detroit 44, St. Louis 6

Baltimore 31, Denver 17

N.Y. Giants 34, Houston 10

Washington 16, Green Bay 13, OT

Chicago 23, Carolina 6

Atlanta 20, Cleveland 10

Jacksonville 36, Buffalo 26

Tampa Bay 24, Cincinnati 21

Indianapolis 19, Kansas City 9

Arizona 30, New Orleans 20

Tennessee 34, Dallas 27

Oakland 35, San Diego 27

Philadelphia 27, San Francisco 24

Open: Miami, New England, Pittsburgh, Seattle

Monday, Oct. 11

N.Y. Jets 29, Minnesota 20

Sunday, Oct. 17

Seattle at Chicago, 1 p.m.

Miami at Green Bay, 1 p.m.

Kansas City at Houston, 1 p.m.

Cleveland at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.

San Diego at St. Louis, 1 p.m.

Detroit at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.

Baltimore at New England, 1 p.m.

Atlanta at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.

New Orleans at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at Denver, 4:05 p.m.

Oakland at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.

Dallas at Minnesota, 4:15 p.m.

Indianapolis at Washington, 8:20 p.m.

Open: Buffalo, Cincinnati, Arizona, Carolina

Monday, Oct. 18

Tennessee at Jacksonville, 8:30 p.m.

Transactions

Tuesday’s Sports Transactions

BASEBALL

American League

DETROIT TIGERS—Declined their 2011 contract option on OF Magglio Ordonez.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

BUFFALO BILLS—Signed LB Thomas Williams to the practice squad.

CLEVELAND BROWNS—Re-signed QB Brett Ratliff. Terminated the contract of WR Sam Aiken.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS—Placed OL Nick Kaczur on injured reserve.

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS—Signed RB Julius Jones and S Matt Giordano. Released PK John Carney and RB DeShawn Wynn.

ST. LOUIS RAMS—Placed WR Mark Clayton on injured reserve. Promoted WR Danario Alexander from the practice squad.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS—Signed CB Kennard Cox.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

NHL—Suspended New York Islanders D James Wisniewski for two games for directing an inappropriate gesture toward New York Rangers player Sean Avery on Monday.

ANAHEIM DUCKS—Signed G Igor Bobkov to a three-year contract.

BOSTON BRUINS—Assigned G Nolan Schaefer to Providence (AHL).

CAROLINA HURRICANES—Assigned F Jiri Tlusty to Charlotte (AHL) for conditioning.

DETROIT RED WINGS—Announced the retirement of F Kirk Maltby. Recalled D Doug Janik from Grand Rapids (AHL).

LOS ANGELES KINGS—Activated D Viatcheslav Voynov from the injured non-roster list and assigned him to Manchester (AHL).

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS—Recalled D Andrew Hutchinson from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL).

COLLEGE

CONFERENCE USA—Suspended East Carolina DB Derek Blacknall one game for a flagrant personal foul committed during Saturday’s game against Southern Mississippi.

GEORGIA—Suspended TB Caleb King two games following King’s arrest on Monday for failing to appear at a court date for a speeding ticket.

UCLA—Suspended WR Josh Smith and FB Morrell Presley from the Oct. 21 game at Oregon for violating team rules.

NFL power index

NFL Power Index

By Keith Glantz and Russell Culver

For Oct. 13 Editions

CURRENT LAST

TEAM RATING RATING

Baltimore 4-1-0 99 99

Indianapolis 3-2-0 99 99

N.Y. Jets 4-1-0 99 98

New England 3-1-0 99 99

Pittsburgh 3-1-0 99 97

New Orleans 3-2-0 98 98

San Diego 2-3-0 98 98

Atlanta 4-1-0 97 97

Dallas 1-3-0 97 99

Green Bay 3-2-0 97 99

N.Y. Giants 3-2-0 97 96

Houston 3-2-0 96 97

Minnesota 1-3-0 96 97

Tennessee 3-2-0 96 95

Chicago 4-1-0 95 93

Philadelphia 3-2-0 95 94

Kansas City 3-1-0 94 93

Miami 2-2-0 94 94

Cincinnati 2-3-0 93 95

Denver 2-3-0 93 94

San Francisco 0-5-0 93 94

Washington 3-2-0 93 93

Detroit 1-4-0 91 90

Jacksonville 3-2-0 91 91

Seattle 2-2-0 91 91

Tampa Bay 3-1-0 90 90

Arizona 3-2-0 89 88

Cleveland 1-4-0 89 92

Oakland 2-3-0 89 89

Buffalo 0-5-0 88 88

Carolina 0-5-0 87 88

St. Louis 2-3-0 87 90

The Power Index is a numerical value indicating the relative strength of each team based on this season’s performance, changes in personnel, coaching, strength of schedule and current form. The Index is purely a statistical and historical rating and does not take into account emotional factors. Add three points to the home team’s rating.